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You can probably find sources. Tennessee changed its State constitution in 1870. It was done to limit handguns. They passed a law limiting how and what type of handguns could carried. State law from 1871 to 1989 was open carry in the hand of only the army or navy pistol. I think it was 1879 when Tennessee banned the sale of any handgun except the army or navy.

These were the first saturday night special laws. They werespecifically adopted to prevent blacks from carrying. They didn't want blacks carrying weapons when the went into town on saturday night "n-word town saturady night".